Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Education
Title R277 - Administration
Rule R277-552 - Charter School Timelines and Approval Processes
Section R277-552-2 - Charter School Authorization Process
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) An individual or non-profit organization as described in Subsection 53G-5-302(2)(b) may apply to open a charter school from any statutorily approved authorizer.
(2) An authorizer shall submit a process to the Board for approval of:
(3) A new authorizer shall submit a new charter school application process to the Board for approval at least six months before accepting applications for a new charter school.
(4) An existing authorizer may not authorize a new charter school for the 2021-22 school year and beyond until the Board approves the authorizer's application process.
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(6) An authorizer shall have an application and charter agreement, which shall include all elements required by Title 53G, Chapter 5, Part 3, Charter School Authorization.
(7) An authorizer shall maintain the official signed charter agreement, which shall presumptively be the final, and complete agreement between a school and the school's authorizer.
(8) An authorizer's review process for a new charter school shall include:
(9) An authorizer's review process shall include contacting the school district in which a proposed charter school will be located and consideration of any feedback provided by the district.
(10) An authorizer shall design its approval process so that the authorizer notifies the Superintendent of an authorizer approval of a request identified in Subsection (2) no later than October 1, one fiscal year before the state fiscal year the charter school intends to serve students.